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While Hollywood studios are often criticized for having a lack of imagination where feature films are concerned (too many sequels and reboots, thank you) and have been knocked recently for plumbing the Fairy Tale Vault far too often, if the resulting film is as well-crafted and smart as Bryan Singer's "Jack the Giant Slayer," I would willingly sit through a movie about "Tom Thumb."

Take a walk down the Teen Fiction aisle in any bookstore, and you'll see what "Twilight" has wrought. Book after book features young adults struggling with some sort of supernatural power or another, each trying to fit into the real world while dealing with all of those raging hormones.

The Insect Fear Film Festival sponsored by the Entomology Graduate Students Association on the University of Illinois campus celebrates its 30th anniversary this year on Saturday — and the celebration includes a very special guest and something of a change from its traditional format.